The Beach

Hey, remember the movies Lord of the Flies, Blue Lagoon, Lost Horizon or even Apocalypse Now? Ok, The Beach isn't all about those. And I am serious.

"My name is Richard. So what else do you need to know?" and our travelogue begins. The Beach tells us of Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), an alienated 20-something GenX-er-*****-vagabond-Nintendo-kid who backpacks to Thailand while running away from the overly convoluted computer-crazed and MTV culture, via an amblyopic and uninspired voiceover narration.

In search of the delicious self-perfection, self-absorption, and finally finding the abyss of his life, Richard stumbles onto the map, courtesy of Daffy (Robert Carlyle), to a shangri-la they call The Beach; finds a French couple, Francoise (Virginie Ledoyen) and Etienne (Guillaume Canet) and voila! off to this hidden paradise till everything gets sour (literally in the movie, that is) because of Richard's misdemeanors.

Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting), shoots with jaw-dropping scenes and somewhat phantasmagoric camera he once did in Trainspotting, cinematically pretty edgy and bold sans the substance. But, so what? Never mind all those exotic tans and Sports Illustrated swimsuit models and dudettes frolicking or the breathtaking exoticism and all, The Beach, after all, is a bad place to be. Not if you are one of those screaming adolescent girls wearing braces.

Comments

I saw it in a premiere. One thing's for sure, that was a very beautiful beach. Well i kind of share the same feeling about the too touristy places with all the people. I don't know but leo is just too over-rated right now but it sure did help the movie to get publicity. I kinda liked it though, everything's in there, drama, action,and the travelogue.

Hey, remember the movies Lord of the Flies, Blue Lagoon, Lost Horizon or even Apocalypse Now? Ok, The Beach isn't all about those. And I am serious.

"My name is Richard. So what else do you need to know?" and our travelogue begins. The Beach tells us of Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), an alienated 20-something GenX-er-*****-vagabond-Nintendo-kid who backpacks to Thailand while running away from the overly convoluted computer-crazed and MTV culture, via an amblyopic and uninspired voiceover narration.

In search of the delicious self-perfection, self-absorption, and finally finding the abyss of his life, Richard stumbles onto the map, courtesy of Daffy (Robert Carlyle), to a shangri-la they call The Beach; finds a French couple, Francoise (Virginie Ledoyen) and Etienne (Guillaume Canet) and voila! off to this hidden paradise till everything gets sour (literally in the movie, that is) because of Richard's misdemeanors.

Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting), shoots with jaw-dropping scenes and somewhat phantasmagoric camera he once did in Trainspotting, cinematically pretty edgy and bold sans the substance. But, so what? Never mind all those exotic tans and Sports Illustrated swimsuit models and dudettes frolicking or the breathtaking exoticism and all, The Beach, after all, is a bad place to be. Not if you are one of those screaming adolescent girls wearing braces.

Sinned,Thanks for that picture and that rating. yep it's quite rough but the scenery is sure cool. So if you guys out there can tell me the specific island and the resort they did that movie, i sure appreciate it.

haven't seen it. don't think i WILL see it.
i kinda feel betrayed by this "The Beach" thing. why betrayed? well, because i am a humongous fan of the Boyle-Hodge-McDonald-McGregor TEAM. they were supposed to do this with ewan mcgregor, NOT DICAPRIO, for goodness sake!! but boyle said they needed the money to make this film, and leo was more bankable. shame on him. you don't need a star, you need the right person for the part. i know i'm ranting. but ewan felt so bad...